diff --git a/VM/post_initialize.sh b/VM/post_initialize.sh
index b7ebec3..e0bed15 100644
--- a/VM/post_initialize.sh
+++ b/VM/post_initialize.sh
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ mv /home/vagrant/tsharkVM/tshark_logstash.conf /etc/logstash/conf.d/
 chown logstash:logstash /etc/logstash/conf.d/tshark_logstash.conf
 systemctl start logstash.service
 
+echo "Wait for Elasticsearch to start ... (waiting 30 seconds)"
+sleep 30
 cd /home/vagrant/tsharkVM/Kibana
 curl -X PUT "localhost:9200/_template/packets?include_type_name" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d@template_tshark_mapping_deduplicated.json
 
 echo "Wait for Kibana to start ... (waiting 60 seconds)"
 sleep 60
 curl -X POST "localhost:5601/api/saved_objects/_import?overwrite=true" -H "kbn-xsrf: true" --form file=@export.ndjson
-cd /home/vagrant
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+cd /home/vagrant